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to drag

to drag

18 2.5
To move an item on a screen by holding and moving the mouse or your finger
  • verb
  • /dræɡ/
  • Specialized
: arrastrar
  • To move the file, simply drag it to your desired location on the screen.
  • drag and drop
  • drag the image
  • drag your mouse

It's pretty, you know, just point, click, drag. What the hell is happening?

Examples

  • To do so, select the Background layer and drag it to the New Layer icon.

    Academic text (2000)

  • You can highlight both of these and just drag it into the new group.

  • And then I will just drag it all the way around.

  • You point at things, you click, you drag your size and so on.

  • And then I will just drag it from the corner of it down.

  • And I will just drag that all the way up.

  • Yeah, you just put your finger in the little hole around the number and drag it around.

    Money for Nothing (1993)

  • Students merely have to bring their knowledge and the ability to drag and drop.

    Academic text (2011)

  • So that means you can't drag things from the dock to the home screen.

  • Then click on the foliage and drag the other way to lighten it.

    Academic text (2008)

Antonyms

release
  • Specialized
19 6.0

A button or lever that lets a part be removed

Idioms

to drag one's feet
  • Informal
5.5

To be slow on purpose because you do not want to do something

Phrasal Verbs

to drag down
98 4.0

To pull something down by weight or force

to drag on
46 3.9

To continue longer than needed and become boring

to drag out
  • Informal
40 5.1

Make something last longer than needed, causing boredom or frustration

to drag in
21 6.0

To involve someone in a situation they do not want to be part of

to drag through the mud
  • Informal
13 7.9

To speak badly about someone in public to hurt their reputation

to drag up
  • Informal
1 6.8

To talk about bad things from the past that are better left forgotten

to drag on forever
  • Informal
1 5.2

To continue much longer than expected and make people bored

to drag a bunt
  • Jargon
1 8.0

Hit the ball lightly so it rolls slowly while running toward first base to reach it safely

to drag one's heels
  • Informal
7.5

To delay doing something because you do not want to do it

Compounds

main drag
  • Informal
8 5.1

A street in a town where most shops and restaurants are

drag coefficient
  • Specialized
2 8.1

A number showing how easily an object moves through air or water

coefficient of drag
  • Specialized
1 8.8

A number that shows how much air or water slows an object moving through it

knock-down-and-drag-out
  • NSFW
1 8.8

Very violent and intense, often about a fight or argument

drag-cup motor
  • Specialized
7.8

An electric machine with a cup-shaped metal part that turns around a fixed magnet inside

How Far

to drag
  • Specialized
18 2.5
to swipe
79 3.0
to slide
523 1.0
tap
57 1.0

Surface Forms

drag infinitive
dragged past
dragged past participle
dragging present participle
drags third person singular

Etymology

The computer sense of drag comes from the physical action of pulling something across a surface, so you 'drag' an icon by holding it and moving it with the mouse or your finger.